# Accident 19760806026619A: Piper PA24260, Lake Elmo, MN, August 6, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1976
- Place: Lake Elmo, MN
- Airport: Lake Elmo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 44.9972° N, 92.8537° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE ELMO (21D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9972&lon=-92.8537&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9158P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9158P-1978-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 17 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76FER88](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FER88) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760806026619A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

No narrative was filed.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC76FER88](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FER88), Aug 6, 1976: Piper PA-24 (N9158P), Lake Elmo, MN, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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